Easy because he felt like bute took the easy route while everyone in the tournament faced elite oppo for almost 2 years .. Bute still hasn't faced a B fighter let alone a champion fighter .. Dawson is already a proven champion and would receive much more credit for defeating him than Bute

this is a horrible fight. the cure for insomnia quite frankly. Dawson and Ward (More so Dawson) need to clean out their divisions before doing this boring fight. why did dawson even bother winning the ring title at LHW, only to go and fight a smaller guy? it doesnt make sense. he can go fight cleverly or shumenov and unify in the meantime then fight pascal or cloud.

I love the fight. Part of the reason I wanted Dawson to beat Hopkins was because I thought this was a possibility. And if it lands in AC, I'll be in the arena that night. That said, I think its kinda lame that Ward wants Dawson to come down to 168. I know Dawson said he would. But the great ones go up and fight the bigger guys in their comfort zone. Hope for the sake of a better fight, they at least agree on a catchweight between 168-175 to make the fight a little fairer for Dawson. Draining fighters is lame.